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Return to work after work after a workplace-oriented intervention for patients on sick-leave for burnout - a prospective controlled study

In English

Författare

  • Björn Karlson
  • Peter Jönsson
  • Birgitta Pålsson
  • Gunnel Åbjörnsson
  • Birgitta Malmberg
  • Britt Larsson
  • Kai Österberg

Summary, in English

Background: In the present study the effect of a workplace-oriented intervention for persons on long-term sick leave for clinical burnout, aimed at facilitating return to work (RTW) by job-person match through patient-supervisor communication, was evaluated. We hypothesised that the intervention group would show a more successful RTW than a control group. Methods: In a prospective controlled study, subjects were identified by the regional social insurance office 2-6 months after the first day on sick leave. The intervention group (n = 74) was compared to a control group who had declined participation, being matched by length of sick leave (n = 74). The RTW was followed up, using sick-listing register data, until 1.5 years after the time of intervention. Results: There was a linear increase of RTW in the intervention group during the 1.5-year follow-up period, and 89% of subjects had returned to work to some extent at the end of the follow-up period. The increase in RTW in the control group came to a halt after six months, and only 73% had returned to work to some extent at the end of the 1.5-year follow-up. Conclusions: We conclude that the present study demonstrated an improvement of long-term RTW after a workplace-oriented intervention for patients on long-term sick leave due to burnout. Trial registration: Current Controlled Trials NCT01039168.

Publiceringsår

2010

Språk

Engelska

Publikation/Tidskrift/Serie

BMC Public Health

Volym

10

Dokumenttyp

Artikel i tidskrift

Förlag

BioMed Central (BMC)

Ämne

  • Public Health, Global Health, Social Medicine and Epidemiology

Aktiv

Published

ISBN/ISSN/Övrigt

  • ISSN: 1471-2458